Bush Hill Park golf course is a lush backdrop to this suburban palace.

Pros It's what you call well-to-do in terms of address and size. There are five bedrooms, two reception rooms, kitchen/ diner, cloakroom, utility room, shower room, bathroom, and an annexe that could house a lodger if you needed help with the mortgage. The rooms are large and bright, with jolly garnishes such as fireplaces and leaded windows, and the garden is big enough for a bit of practice putting. The 4x4 can be elegantly lodged in the garage. Grange Park station is a walk away.

Cons It fronts on to the busy Winchmore Hill-Enfield road.

Price £950,000. Town-ends, 020-8360 8111.

Lanhydrock Cornwall

You can take your first swing of the morning from the back garden: the house is plum in the middle of Lanhydrock golf course.

Pros Life will be one long leisure pursuit. Your route home takes you up the drive to the golf club (where you can stop off for a post-work quickie); you are surrounded by the brooks, greens and water traps of the course; and you're a mile from the luscious National Trust estate of Lanhydrock. The surfing beaches of the north coast and the more gentle pleasures of the south are equally close. Should all this greenery start to weary you, the mainline railway three miles away will deliver you direct to London Paddington. The house has the mellow looks of antiquity but is only four years old, so bores like damp courses, TV points and that modern essential, garden decking, are taken care of. One of the four bedrooms is en suite, there's room to breakfast in the kitchen; you also get a sitting room, dining room and double garage.

Cons Three of the bedrooms are on the narrow side. However easy on the eye, it is part of a modern housing estate. No local shop or pub.

Price £415,000. Stags, 01872 264488.

Stoke Damerel Thurlestone, South Devon

Part of a block of four 1960s flats that peer over the local golf course, 650 metres away.

Pros Beyond the course is a sandy bay and cliffs - all of which you can view through the plate glass of your sitting/dining room and sun lounge. Your perch has two bedrooms and a kitchen, and is in the Yarmer estate, one of the poshest addresses in the area. A private road leads into it, private paths take you into the village (post office, school, pub), and to two secluded beaches and the 18-hole golf course.

Cons You only get to live in a quarter of the building. You pay for the upkeep of the communal gardens and private road.

Price £350,000. Ireland Weller, 01548 857879.

Fairway Close Newcastle upon Tyne

As the address implies, you adjoin a golf course.

Pros A tranquil location on a self-contained estate, but handy for the vigorous delights of the city. It's all immaculate in a neutral, inoffensive way, and the kitchen is new and glam. Grand views stretch below the large master bedroom, one of three. There's a lounge, kitchen/diner and double-length garage.

Cons A fourth bedroom would have been nice. You have to climb a flight of stairs with your shopping bags to reach the kitchen and living rooms. A flat roof is never good news.